Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Beware of deceitful Facebook users who are posting pictures of sick, starving, dead and injured children, adults or animals on Facebook, to trick other Facebook users into commenting on them by typing "Amen," in order to make them popular. This type of activity is another Like-Farming scam, and the photos or videos in them are being used without the owners' consent. The heartless and deceitful people who are tricking Facebook users into typing "Amen" are only taking advantage of caring Facebook users, who think they are helping out, by playing with their consciences. The scam may also ask Facebook users to compliment a child, an adult or an animal, or type "Amen" to be grateful for something.
Scammers use the posts to gather up potential victims. Once they have enough Facebook users, they will start sending them spam (unsolicited messages) with links that will take potential victims to phishing websites that will steal their information, or malicious links that will take them to dangerous websites that will infect their computers with Spyware or Trojan horse. The scammers may also send fraudulent messages claiming that their potential victims are so-called lottery winners and they need to send money in order to claim their prizes.
The messages below are just some of the few examples used by deceitful Facebook users to trick other Facebook users into commenting on their fake posts:
Also, if you have received a message stating Facebook will donate money to a child if you like, share or comment on some content, please do not follow the instructions in the message, instead, report it to Facebook. And, if you have already commented on Facebook posts with sick, starving and injured children, adults or animals that you are not able to determine the legitimacy of, please click here for instructions on how to remove those posts from your Facebook Wall and Timeline.
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Thanks for this information. Best is to stop/Remove Face Book from our list of posts
I am now getting a bunch of post that friend's have respond to asking people to respond to stupid question like- Name a word that starts with an S and ends in an R. These get tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of responses. just block all of them.
Very interesting. I always fall for the baby n animal posts like you mentioned. No more. Thank u. Will share
My Facebook account has been hacked, if you get a friend's request from me please do not respond to it, it's not me.
It could that your Friend's account had been cloned.
My husbands facebook account has been hacked and we can no longer access. When we tried if we could retrieve his account , shows his profile picture but on a different email address. Can you tell us what can we do on this?
You may be able to get back into your Facebook account by using an alternate email or mobile phone number listed on your account. You may also be able to get help from friends.Keep in mind that you'll only see these options if you set them up. To see if you have these options:Go to the Facebook login page and tap Forgot password?Fill out the form to identify your account.Select a contact method listed on your account to have a password reset link sent to you. If you don't have access to any of these, tap No longer have access to these?If you've previously set up these options, follow the instructions provided or get help from friends.
Not sure if I should click on anything here now, but thank you for making us aware of this!
What will happen to already liked and commented many posts?
If the scammers are still active, they will send you posts or messages with links to phishing or malicious websites. Or, they may message you in an attempt to trick you into believing you have won some so-called lottery or promotion and ask you to send money in order to receive your so-called prize. They also attempt other forms of scams.
Glad for the information.
I have been telling people this for years and still they ignore the advice because the posts make them feel guilty,so they "like" and "amen" even if I tag them and remind them that it is a scam.
Using ‘your’ instead of ‘you’re ‘ is a dead giveaway. I never do any of those things, even if they were genuine, what good could they do?
My brother responded to a few of these posts by typing Amen. They were mainly of children with horrific illnesses or injuries. I noticed some unusual posts under my brothers name & they were happening more & more. I reported to Facebook that I thought he had been hacked. They were brilliant and sorted his Facebook account out for him. He no longer types amen on any posts.
Good to know. I have done this in the past I will not do it anymore.
Wish more people would take notice of these warnings. Some are too frightened to ignore the bringer of bad luck or worse.
I reported a particularly vicious picture of my daughter. Is anything being done to remove it?
I wasn't sure if it was real or fake! That's the problem now! What can one believe!I don't like all of the stuff you will be dammed if you do not like or type Amen. I am a practicing Christian but this is not Christian or kind.Facebook is a wonderful media if it is use in the correct format and keeps people in communition all over the world; it is very sad to see it being abused.
I have been restricted and I don't know why, but this typing Amen thing be one of the problems? Why I am being restricted. I don't understand but I will no longer type Amen on any situation that I am asked for it. Thank you very much and please help me out.
I've had family members say Amen to these stupid pictures. I can't believe how gullible people can be.
Every time I report it Facebook keeps sending me a message saying it doesn't go against community standards. So how are we suppose to get these things removed if Facebook won't even look at our reports?
And those that offer giveaways.
The ones that request personal information, "likes", or ask you to comment on or share them.
How do you get rid of the spam or malware after You have clicked on one of those spammers?
If you are using a mobile device, try removing unknown apps from it. Otherwise, use antimalware software to remove malware from it.
Received via email:"Subject: Stole my baby's pictureDate: Fri 2/10/2017Message click to collapse contents I have reported this so many times it's not even funny. FB keeps sending me "it doesn't go against community standards"!!! I want someone to do something!! People have stolen a picture of my infant son taken at a very challenging time in our lives. I never posted the picture to Facebook. My account is also private. I only posted this picture to my personal blog of which I allowed to stay public to help other people with children diagnosed with spina bifida. Please help me get my sons picture off Facebook. I'm sure there are lots of post out there now but I know the following people have it on their page: Adrien ByrdJennifer Vergara and Elim CaveresIf you look at the uploads on these accounts you will see nothing but tons of these kinds of posts. I would greatly appreciate someon doing something. If there is a way to look up his pic everywhere that would be awesome. Please help me!Teresa B."
I can't get Facebook to reply to my email or anything. Are y'all even looking at our reports?
What about when we are asked to type YES if we agree on a post?
I report posts and profiles... only for fb to state they dont go against community standards..... if this is an acceptable standard, I would hate to see an unacceptable one....
This has happened with every report I've ever sent in, so I just don't bother any more.The FB "community standards" must indeed be extremely low.
What about the girls asking for s*x or tricking you to their website? Can we report this to you.
Lately I have been receiving text messages purportedly from Facebook. Example: Do you know ( "name" )? Send them a friend request. Then, on the second box, it says: Tap to load preview. fb.comThe problem is the persons they name are already existing FB friends of mine! So I've been suspicious and did not respond as it's been suggested! Am I doing the right thing? Please reply. Thanks!
It appears your friends' Facebook accounts may have been cloned. Click here to learn more.
I was alerted to the activity of Ram Niwas by my sister. I reported this guy who was doing this abhorrent activity - Facebook says he is not contravening Facebook's community standards and suggested I blocked him from my account. This is not good enough Facebook - why do they want vunerable people to be subjected to this kind of activity. By doing nothing it condones their horrible postings.
I'm sick of seeing pictures of disabled people and dead babies, its shocking, and how degrading for the people concerned, I've reported many of these people who share them but nothing gets done, Facebook needs to block all these people who crave for likes.
I have reported many things to facebook about inappropriate things or hate speech yet only few ever come back its been dealt with. Usually facebook say theres no fault I see further dwn in comments other people saying same thing..maybe facebook needs to retrain some of its staff or is it computer generated as hit and miss?
A great idea. I have often investigated these people, looked at their timelines and found out that all of their timelines have sort of post on it begging. I would often fall into the trap but no more.
I have replied to these posts a few times how can I get rid of them and not allow any more.?
I have received many of the posts you mentioned and had no idea what the people were trying to do. Thank you for letting me know, from now on I will not respond to their requests.Madeleine S.
Well when this comes up on your facebook and you report a member who status is doing just this, why dont they get banned?
Tired of seeing those.I agree, why don't they get banned?
I see these all the time on Facebook! I don't usually respond to them. I was very Leary about them from the beginning.
These posts are so obviously designed to play on the sympathy of people so they will type Amen and like it and share it. It's really disgusting and I refuse to fall for it.
Yes, and report them to facebook and then you get a message from them saying they found nothing wrong,
Good evening,https://www.facebook.com/pradeepkumar.harijan.75This is a profile of a Facebook user that does all of the above. I've reported it countless times but Facebook won't remove the pictures or delete the account even though I've sent them many messages about it. I've also provided screenshots to my comments but the follower count keeps on climbing. His profile picture is also stolen. He took it from another Facebook user called Alvaro Mel. https://www.facebook.com/MeeelFansAlvaro100.comm/ photos/a.968587626512006.1073741827.968574913179944/968587616512007/Please help take this son of a b***h down!Then you have a Greek page called "Μη μου πεις" which is also spamming the h**l out of everything and even makes up its own stories. When people dare to post the truth they get blocked and their posts deleted by the administrators of the page.https://www.facebook.com/mimoupeisgr/I've also reported this page.
It's about time that this problem was brought to people's attention.........Why does Facebook allow the posts, when it's so obvious that they're not genuine? The offending post should be wiped off straight away before it has time to cause harm.
Facebook just lets it happen. Chances are anything you report, goes to a 'bot' rather than a real person to look at. Zuckerburg needs to get his s**t together.
The person I just reported has had many people report him and nothing has stopped him. Why hasn't his Facebook page been taken down?
Is this a scam too?"I'm gonna say bye-bye to some of you.. Now I'm watching the ones who will have the time to read this post until the end. This is a little test, just to see who reads and who shares without reading! If you have read everything, select "like" so I can put a thank u on your profile! I know that most of you won't do this, but my friends will be the few that do. Please, in honor of someone who died, or is fighting cancer, or even had cancer, copy and paste. Write "done" in comments when you're finished. I can put a thank u on your profile! I know that 97% of you won't broadcast this, but my friends will be the 3% that do.Please, in honor of someone who died, or is fighting cancer, or even had cancer, copy and paste. Write "done" in comments when you're finished."
I've reported loads only to be told by Facebook that they are not inappropriate! How seeing a child/animal dead from abuse isn't inappropriate I don't know!